Alex Pereira
Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
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| March 8 2025 | Lost the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship to Magomed Ankalaev by unanimous decision at UFC 313. |
| March 8 2025 | Scheduled to make fourth title defense against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. |
| 2024 | Named Fighter of the Year (tied with Ilia Topuria) by UFC.com. |
| 2024 | Won the World MMA Awards Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year (tied with Ilia Topuria) |
| 2024 | Won the World MMA Awards Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year and became UFC Light Heavyweight Champion |
| October 5 2024 | Pereira made his third title defense against Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307, winning by technical knockout in the fourth round. This fight earned him his first Fight of the Night award and set a record for the shortest time to achieve three title defenses in the UFC at 175 days, becoming the seventh UFC fighter to record three title defenses in a calendar year. |
| October 5 2024 | Alex Pereira scheduled to fight Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| June 29 2024 | Pereira defeated Jiří Procházka in a rematch at UFC 303, replacing the original main event. He won by knockout, knocking Prochazka down in the last second of the first round with a left hook and finishing him with a head kick early in the second round. He earned a $50,000 Performance of the Night award and a $303,000 bonus. |
| April 13 2024 | Pereira made his first title defense against former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill at UFC 300, winning by knockout in the first round with a left hook. |
| April 13 2024 | Alex Pereira scheduled to fight Sean Hill at UFC 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2023 | Inducted into the Glory Hall of Fame; won World MMA Awards Breakthrough Fighter of the Year |
| 2023 | Inducted into the Glory Hall of Fame |
| 2023 | Won the World MMA Awards Breakthrough Fighter of the Year |
| November 11 2023 | Alex Pereira defeated Jiří Procházka via TKO in the second round to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 295. This victory made him the 9th fighter in UFC history to become champion in two different weight divisions and earned him the Performance of the Night award. |
| July 29 2023 | Pereira faced former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jan Błachowicz at UFC 291, winning a closely contested split decision bout. 22 out of 26 media outlets scored the fight in Pereira's favor. |
| April 13 2023 | Alex Pereira announced via Twitter his decision to move up to the Light Heavyweight division. |
| April 8 2023 | Fought a rematch against Israel Adesanya for the UFC Middleweight Championship at UFC 287, losing via knockout in the final minute of the second round. |
| 2022 | Nominated for UFC Fan's Choice Comeback of the Year for first fight against Israel Adesanya. |
| 2022 | Won multiple Fighter of the Year awards from organizations including ESPN, Sherdog, MMA Fighting, and Yahoo! Sports |
| November 18 2022 | Alex Pereira's younger sister Aline Pereira made her MMA debut. |
| November 12 2022 | Won the UFC Middleweight Championship by defeating Israel Adesanya via technical knockout in the fifth round at UFC 281. Earned the Performance of the Night award. |
| July 2 2022 | Knocked out Sean Strickland in the first round at UFC 276, earning a Performance of the Night award and third place Crypto.com Fan Bonus of the Night (US$10,000 in bitcoin). |
| March 12 2022 | Defeated Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night 203 via unanimous decision after outstruck him for all three rounds. |
| 2021 | Became Glory Light Heavyweight Champion. |
| 2021 | Won the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship; nominated for UFC Fan's Choice Debut of the Year for his fight against Andreas Michailidis |
| 2021 | Became Glory Light Heavyweight Champion and was inducted into the Glory Hall of Fame |
| November 6 2021 | Made his UFC promotional debut against Andreas Michailidis at UFC 268, winning via technical knockout in the second round and earning a Performance of the Night award. |
| September 3 2021 | Alex Pereira signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). |
| February 2021 | Achieves top ranking in both kickboxing middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions simultaneously. |
| 2020 | Lost Glory Light Heavyweight title in a rematch against Artem Vakhitov by majority decision at Glory 78: Rotterdam. |
| 2020 | Won the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship by split decision against Artem Vakhitov, becoming the first fighter in GLORY history to simultaneously hold two belts. |
| November 20 2020 | Made promotional debut for Legacy Fighting Alliance against Thomas Powell, winning via first-round knockout. |
| October 22 2020 | Signed a contract with Legacy Fighting Alliance. |
| 2019 | Won the Glory interim Light Heavyweight Championship; won Combat Press Knockout of the Year for his victory over Jason Wilnis |
| 2019 | Won the interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship by knockout against Donegi Abena at Glory 68, becoming the first double champion in Glory history. |
| December 21 2019 | Defended Middleweight title by knockout against Ertugrul Bayrak at Glory Collision 2. |
| 2018 | Defended Glory Middleweight title against Yousri Belgaroui at Glory 49. |
| 2018 | Lost Glory Middleweight title to Yousri Belgaroui by knockout at Glory 55 in New York's Madison Square Garden. |
| August 10 2018 | Announced contract to face Diego Henrique da Silva in Dana White's Contender Series, though the bout was not permitted by Glory and did not occur. |
| 2017 | Won the Glory Middleweight title by unanimous decision against Simon Marcus at Glory 46: China. |
| 2017 | Became Glory Middleweight Champion and defended the title five times |
| June 17 2017 | Alex Pereira wins his first professional MMA fight against Marcelo de Souza Cruz by TKO in the 3rd round at Hotel Golden Park in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil |
| April 29 2017 | Loses to Yousri Belgaroui by Unanimous Decision at Glory 40: Copenhagen Final in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| March 4 2017 | Defeats Israel Adesanya by KO (Left Hook) at Glory of Heroes 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2016 | Defeated Israel Adesanya twice, once by unanimous decision and once by a counter left hook knockout, during a notable 4-1 run in his fighting career. |
| July 31 2016 | Loses to Artur Kyshenko by TKO (Punches) at Kunlun Fight 48 in Jining, China |
| May 8 2016 | Defeats Junior Alpha by KO (Right Hook) at WGP Kickboxing 30 in Brazil |
| April 2 2016 | Defeats Israel Adesanya by Unanimous Decision at Glory of Heroes 1 in China |
| 2015 | Became the WGP Kickboxing Middleweight Champion and successfully defended the title once |
| 2015 | Made professional MMA debut at Jungle Fight 82 against Quemuel Ottoni, losing the fight via submission. |
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